With a voice that is unabashedly unique and outspoken, Kim Loren has carefully crafted her influences from rock, pop, and soul into a sound and style that is all her own. I Should've Told You, her remarkable three-song demo produced by Paul Umbach (artists on Jive, Interscope, Sanctuary and Geffen), introduces the world to this charismatic and colorful new artist.
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“...and best of all, a ‘Get Off’ by a compact ball of fire named Kim Loren that was comic without wasting a volt of the song's erotic charge.”
------ Robert Christgau, The Village Voice, 6/22/04
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Stevie, the Temps, Otis, Rev. Green, Mother's Finest, Rick and Teena, Chaka Khan, Steve Miller, Steely Dan, Zepplin, Hendrix, Earth Wind and Fire, Prince...
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With a voice that is unabashedly unique and outspoken, Kim Loren has carefully crafted her influences from rock, pop, and soul into a sound and style that is all her own. I Should've Told You, her remarkable three-song demo produced by Paul Umbach (artists on Jive, Interscope, Sanctuary and Geffen), introduces the world to this charismatic and colorful new artist.
Born and raised in the suburbs of Washington, DC, Kim grew up surrounded by music. “My parents lived for music,” Kim says. “They were especially into old-school R&B. I knew all the words to every Volt, Stax, and Motown song there was before I could spell my own name.”
Despite her parent’s objections, Kim decided early on that she wanted a career in music. While her parents insisted that she get an education, Kim grabbed at every opportunity she could find to be on stage. She did theatre, was the lead singer and songwriter in a successful local band, danced on MTV, and even cheered professionally. But once she finished school, Kim moved into a tiny New York City apartment where she could barely make the rent and began taking every music lesson she could find. “I had been writing songs since kindergarten. I always had music in my head,” Kim says. “It was in my heart, in my soul, and in my body. But I needed a better way to communicate with other musicians. So I learned to play piano and guitar and I took theory, voice, and songwriting lessons. I wasn’t joking around.”
The result is a voice an